You've got to love the AP. They title this story, on a poll of black voters, "Kerry Has Wide Support Among Blacks". Then, when you read the story, you find out:

That has helped the president narrow the still sizable gap with Kerry among blacks, who preferred the Massachusetts senator over Bush, 69 percent to 18 percent.

The group's poll before the 2000 election found Gore with a 74 percent to 9 percent lead over Bush.

The poll of 1,642 adults was conducted between Sept. 15 and Oct. 10, four days before the third and final presidential debate, and had a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

This is, literally, the best polling news I've heard in four years. If this is correct (and there are more than a few signs it is) then the President is on track to grab as much as 20% of the black vote. Perhaps even 25%. If he does that, the Democrats have no chance.